No Smoke...
 

Finally did the work that I shouldn't have put off.

New Air Cleaner mount, new rubber mounts and heat shields, good clean connections on all the hoses/tubing....

Results, much quieter car, no smoke while idling, wife much happier.

Not sure why the smoke cleared up, but I'm not going to question it!

Less than $50 for all new parts and about 45 minutes time to swap them out.

'84 SD is purring.

Left to do; Purge, valve adjust.

Glad you did it...that loose schnorkel was giving me the willies the other night.

Did you change IP timing?

I have an 87 300DT, a 603, not a 617, but all things being near close in MB diesels, timing is said to have such affect about smoke, or the lack of!

I just replaced my head gasket and while I had things apart, I changed my IP timing from 14 ATDC to 15 ATDC and now it smokes well more than it should, a lot more than it did before! :confused:

Heh, I'm glad I could make your day Randy....you can thank the missus for releasing the funds to do it.

Sarafin, I haven't figured that out yet. I'm trying to do all the easy things before I get too deep into the engine. All that talk about runaway diesel scared the stuffing out of me ! :D

The CCV air/oil seperator that comes on the US '83 240D (and maybe other US & non US models) and seperates the oil from the blow-by gasses is a real nifty little device and does help eliminate the possiablity of engine oil fired runaway. It may not help if you blow a hole in a piston or break a ring, but it will prevent the problem from excessive blow-by or accidential over fill of oil.

I have wondered in the past when looking at various 300's NA & Turboed why they didn't have the same setup as my 240D. The oil/air seperator on my car is about 4.5" wide and about 7" deep and plumbed back to oil sump. It was a great idea, but they made the lower connection rather poorly. A short tube type connector coming up from sump is over lapped by the pipe coming down from seperator and sealed with an "O" ring. :eek: Needless to say these systems are always "marking their spot" as old Harley's & VW's do. :D I removed the metal tubing from mine and replaced it with plastic tubing and clamps. Now the only thing leaking is the steering box. :( "One thing at a time" is my moto these days. :cool:

Come over someday and I'll show you what you're going to have to do a year from now when that brand new aircleaner mount breaks in two.